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Patent No.:

US 9168860 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015

Filed:

May. 10, 2011

Vehicle display device

Applicants:

Norihiro Yamamura, Miyoshi, JP;

Koji Hayashi, Aichi-gun, JP;

Takeshi Kanayama, Toyota, JP;

Tetsuo Hori, Toyota, JP;

Tomoyuki Maruyama, Tajimi, JP;

Akiko Nishimine, Toyota, JP;

Takeshi Miyagawa, Toyokawa, JP;

Ryoki IL, Toyota, JP;

Tomoaki Furukawa, Toyota, JP;

Akihiro Sato, Nagoya, JP;

Inventors:

Norihiro Yamamura, Miyoshi, JP;

Koji Hayashi, Aichi-gun, JP;

Takeshi Kanayama, Toyota, JP;

Tetsuo Hori, Toyota, JP;

Tomoyuki Maruyama, Tajimi, JP;

Akiko Nishimine, Toyota, JP;

Takeshi Miyagawa, Toyokawa, JP;

Ryoki Il, Toyota, JP;

Tomoaki Furukawa, Toyota, JP;

Akihiro Sato, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;

Attorney:

Oliff PLC

Primary Examiner:

Tai T Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2006.01); B60K 37/02 (2006.01); B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 1/02 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 37/02 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1064 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1072 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1092 (2013.01); B60L 2250/16 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2510/106 (2013.01); B60W 2540/04 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/90 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicular indicator device for a hybrid vehicle which is provided with vehicle drive power sources in the form of an engine and an electric motor and which is driven in one of a plurality of vehicle drive modes including an EV drive mode, a series HV drive mode and a parallel HV drive mode that is automatically selected according to a vehicle drive power, said indicator device being configured to indicate the selected vehicle drive mode and said vehicle drive power, the vehicular indicator device being configured to indicate a running state of the hybrid vehicle as represented by said vehicle drive power and said selected vehicle drive mode, in a two-dimensional coordinate system on a display screen, which coordinate system is defined by said vehicle drive power and said selected vehicle drive mode.

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